Performance estimation of wireless networks using traffic generation and monitoring on a mobile device.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Venter, Isabella | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Tucker, William | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tiemeni, Ghislaine Livie Ngangom | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-16T14:41:40Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-30T14:00:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-02-16T14:41:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-10-30T14:00:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description | Masters of Science | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | In this study, a traffic generator software package namely MTGawn was developed to run packet generation and evaluation on a mobile device. The call generating software system is able to: simulate voice over Internet protocol calls as well as user datagram protocol and transmission control protocol between mobile phones over a wireless network and analyse network data similar to computer-based network monitoring tools such as Iperf and D-ITG but is self-contained on a mobile device. This entailed porting a ‘stripped down’ version of a packet generation and monitoring system with functionality as found in open source tools for a mobile platform. This mobile system is able to generate and monitor traffic over any network interface on a mobile device, and calculate the standard quality of service metrics. The tool was compared to a computer–based tool namely distributed Internet traffic generator (D-ITG) in the same environment and, in most cases, MTGawn reported comparable results to D-ITG. The important motivation for this software was to ease feasibility testing and monitoring in the field by using an affordable and rechargeable technology such as a mobile device. The system was tested in a testbed and can be used in rural areas where a mobile device is more suitable than a PC or laptop. The main challenge was to port and adapt an open source packet generator to an Android platform and to provide a suitable touchscreen interface for the tool. ACM Categories and Subject Descriptors B.8 [PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY] B.8.2 [Performance Analysis and Design Aids] C.4 [PERFORMANCE OF SYSTEMS] Measurement techniques, Performance attributes | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/16979 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Performance analysis and design aids | en_US |
| dc.subject | Measurement techniques | en_US |
| dc.subject | Performance attributes | en_US |
| dc.subject | Traffic generator | en_US |
| dc.title | Performance estimation of wireless networks using traffic generation and monitoring on a mobile device. | en_US |